The Old People

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"The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.

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instanceOf fictional work
short story
author William Faulkner NERFINISHED
collectionPublicationYear 1942
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores African American and Native American ancestry through Sam Fathers
rituals of hunting as a rite of passage
featuresCharacter Major de Spain NERFINISHED
McCaslin Edmonds NERFINISHED
Sam Fathers NERFINISHED
firstPublication Go Down, Moses NERFINISHED
focusesOn a young boy’s hunting experiences
genre Southern literature
hunting story
hasForm prose
hasSubject deer hunting
land and ownership in the South
includedIn American short story canon
language English
literaryMovement Southern Gothic NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Isaac McCaslin NERFINISHED
medium print
narrativePerspective third-person limited
partOf Go Down, Moses NERFINISHED
publisherOfCollection Random House NERFINISHED
relatedWork Go Down, Moses (story) NERFINISHED
The Bear NERFINISHED
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setInUniverse Yoknapatawpha fiction NERFINISHED
setting Mississippi wilderness
Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED
settingPeriod late 19th century American South
theme Southern wilderness
coming of age
heritage
human relationship with nature
initiation
memory and history
race
racial hierarchy in the American South
tradition and change

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Go Down, Moses hasPart The Old People
McCaslin family appearsInWork The Old People